Head protector for hair waving



June 7, 1932. METZ 1,861,972

HEAD PROTECTOR FOR HAIR WAVING Filed Dec. 26, 1931 Z IN ENTOR W vawiTTORNEY Patented June 7, 1932 UNITED STATES PAT E-NT- ounce JOHN METZ,OF HOLLIS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB TO TI-IE NESTLE-LE 1VIUR COMPANY, OF

NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF OHIO j HEAD PROTECTOR FOR HAIR WAVINGApplication filed December 26, 1931. Serial No. 583,247.

In the art of permanent waving of growing hair on the head it is theuniversal practice to employ means for protecting the head in order toprevent excessive heat, aswell as heated vapors and hot liquid, whichreaches the temperature of boiling-water, from reaching the scalp of thesubject whose hair is being subjected to the waving process, in which itis customary to use electric-heaters for the coiled hair-strands, aroundwhich latter it is usual to wrap absorbent-material which is saturatedwith a lotion. My present invention relates to this class of headprotectors and my improvements provide a simplified form of device, whenits peculiar and novel functions are considered, and one that can bequickly handled and applied by the hair-waving operator.

One of the important advantages of my improved device is that while itis spring-actuated with a normal tendency to close into grippingrelation with an interposed object, the spring-actuated means is housedwithin the device itself and does not present any ex traneous parts orprojections which might interfere with the operators quick manipulationof the device, or would be liable to catch in the hair when beingapplied and removed from the hair. Another advantage possessed by thedevice, is that while its spring action normally tends to close thedevice in operative position, yet before applying it, it may be set andheld in wide open position, ready to be easily snapped into grippingoperative position when required, by manually squeezing the device.There are other advantages pos-' sessed by my device and which willappear from the detailed description and illustrations herein set forth.

I have illustrated a type of my improved device, in the accompanyingdrawing, wherein;

Figure 2, shows an enlarged viewof the parts shown in Fig. 1, theprotector clip being in vertical cross-section on the plane indicated byline 22, in Fig. l.

Figure'3, shows a top-plan view of the protector clip in closed positionof disuse.

Figure 4, shows an underside view of the protector clip in the positionshown in Fig. 2, and in partial horizontal section, as indicated by line44, in Fig. 2, and looking in the direction of the arrows in said Fig.2.

' Figure 5, showsan underside view of the protector clip, asshown inFig. 4, but in wideopen position and wit-h a portion of one clipmemberbeing' broken away.

Figure 6, shows a perspective view of the coiled-spring detached.

Referring. to the drawing, in which like numerals of reference designatelike parts throughout, 1 and 2, indicate a pair of duplicate clipmembers or plates which are hinged together at one end by means of therivet 3, so that the members are relatively movable edgewise in order toclose and open with respect to each other, in gripping and releas-' ingan interposed object. These members are made of suitable heat-insulatingmaterial,

such as bakelite, fibre or other well known materials adaptable for'thispurpose, and

their peripheries are formed on similar extended arcs, 'sothatfwhenclosed in gripping positions, they together form a substantialcircular outline. The inner edges of these members are indented ornotched at their centers as indicated at 12 and 13, respectively, sothat when the members are in gripping position on the hair-strand, theyprovide a circular opening 16, as indicated in Fig,

4; while in generaloutline kidney-shaped.

A circular recess or cavlty 4, is formed on the members are the innerface of the section or plate 1, at

one end thereof, and the recess is concentric with the pivot 3, whichthe recess surrounds. A circular raised part or boss 5, is formed,

at the center of the recess around the pivotal axis. A coiled spring 6,is seated in the recess i, with the central opening of the springfitting around the boss 5. The respective ends of the spring are bentoutwardly with respect to the plane of the coil and at right anglesthereto, but in opposite directions, as indicated at 7 and 8, in Fig. 6.The prong or bent end 7, is anchored in a hole 10, in the bottom of therecess, as shown in Fig. 4, while the other prong 8, is fixed in a hole11, in the face of the plate 2, as indicated in Fig. 2, and theconstruction and arrangement in such that the coiled-spring actstonormally forcibly close the members into gripping positions and theforce of the spring action is increased when the members are drawn.apart into wide open positions, as shown in Fig. 5, as such movementserves to pull the ends of the coiled-spring towards each other andthereby wind up the spring and increase its tension.

In order to limit the closing range of movement of the members 1 and 2,on each other and at a point beyond its gripping function, a stop 17, isarranged on the upper face of the member 2, so that it is engaged by theinner edge of the member 1, as indicated in Fig. 3.

In order to hold the clip members in wide open positions against theaction of the spring, I provide friction means between the opposingfaces of the two members, which comes into play when the members areopened widely. The means consists in a rounded projection or hump 18, onthe inner face of, member 2, which moves or snaps into a roundeddepression 19, formed on the inner face of member 1, and when theseparts come together, the member are held open, as indicated in Fig. 5,thereby enabling the hairwaving operator to readily manipulate thedevice and to quickly place it in operative position, by merelysqueezing the members together, whereupon it will be snapped by thespring into gripping position around the hairstrand 14, which is shownas wound on a curling rod 15. f

The pivot 3, being tubular in form, its ends are bent or swaged toprovide external flanges which serve to rivet the members together, atthe same time permitting them to be swung or turned on the pivot, withthe necessary freedom of movement.

It will be noted that the spring-actuating means is completelyhousedwithin the protecting clip and that there are no externalprojections thereof; that the structure presents a smooth exteriorexcept for the rounded and flat flanges of the hinge member 3, and therounded stop and friction locking means.

I wish to be understood as not limiting my invention to the specificconstructions herewith shown, as it is manifest that variousmodifications may be made in the several parts thereof, without,however, departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. A head protecting clip comprising superimposed members connectedtogether and relatively movable edgewise so as to close and open withrespect to each other to grip and release an interposed object, andinterior spring-actuated means tending normally to close said membersinto gripping positions and located between the opposing faces of saidmembers and housed thereby.

2. A head protecting clip comprising superimposed members connectedtogether and relatively movable edgewise so as to close and open withrespect to each other to grip and release an interposed object, and acoiled spring interposed between said members with its respective endsattached to said respective members so that the spring is tensioned whensaid members are in open posi-. tions and tends to forcibly close saidmembers into gripping positions. 7

3. A head protecting clip comprising superimposed members pivotedtogether and relatively movable edgewise so as to close and open withrespect to each other to grip and release an interposed object, and aspring arranged between the opposing faces of said members and locatedaround said pivotal axis, the respective ends of said spring beingconnected to the, said respective members and acting to normally closesaid members edgewise with respect to each other and to be under tensionwhen said members are opened.

4. A head protecting clip consisting in superimposed sections connectedtogether and relatively movable edgewise so as to close and open withrespect to each other to grip and release an interposed object, theinner face of one of said sections being provided with a recess, aspring located within said recess and having one end connected with oneof said sect-ions and the other with the other section so that thespring is put under tension when said sections are opened and acts tonormally close said sections into gripping positions.

5. A head protecting clip consisting in superimposedmembers pivotedtogether and relatively movable edgewise so as to close and open withrespect to each other to grip and release an interposed object, one ofsaid members having a raised part extending around the pivotal axis, anda spring placed around said raised part, the respective ends of saidspring being connected to said respective members and acting to normallyclose said members into gripping relation with each other and to beunder tension when said members are opened.

6. A head protecting clip comprising superimposed members pivotedtogether and relatively movable edgewise so as to open and close withrespect to each other to grip and release an interposed object, one ofsaid members being provided with a recess and the other member beingprovided with a raised part of less width than said recess and takininto the same, and a spring located within said recess and around saidraised part, the respective ends of said spring being connected to therespective members and acting to normally close said members intogripping relation with each other and to be under tension when saidmembers are opened.

7. A head protecting clip comprising superimposed members pivotedtogether and relatively movable edgewise so as to close and openrelatively to each other to grip and release an interposed object, oneof said members being provided on its face with a recess surrounding thepivotal axis and the other member being provided on its inner face witha raised part surrounding said pivotal axis and projecting into saidrecess, and a spring arranged within said recess and around said raisedpart and having its respective ends connectedto said respective membersso that the spring is tensioned when the members are opened and tends toforcibly close them into gripping positions.

8. A head protecting clip comprising superimposed members connectedtogether and relatively movable edgewise so as to close and open withrespect to each other to grip and release an interposed object, theinner face of one of said members being provided with a recess, and acoiled-spring located within said recess and having one end connectedwith one of said members and the ther with the other said member andtending normally to forcibly close said members into gripping positions.

9. A head protecting clip comprising superimposed members connectedtogether and relatively movable edgewise so as to close and open-withrespect to each other to grip and release an interposed object,spring-actuated means tending normally to close said members intogripping relation, and a stop located on one of said members and engagedby the other to limit the range of closing movement of said members.

10. A head protecting clip comprising superimposed members connectedtogether and relatively movable edgewise so as to close and open withrespect to each other to grip and release an interposed object,springactuated means tending normally to close said members intogripping relation, and friction means arranged between said members forholding said members in wide open positions against the action of saidspring actuated means.

11. A head protecting clip comprising superimposed plates pivotallyconnected together at their ends by means of a member having itsrespective ends overturned or flanged to retain the plates together andsaid close the plates into gripping relation with respect to each other.

' JOHN METZ.

